Quotes from Diablo Cody

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

I'm a pessimist by nature. I don't think things are ever going to work out, I'm not particularly ambitious.

I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I get input from other people.

When I do encounter young women or aspiring filmmakers who tell me that I've inspired them or that my work means something to them, that's amazing. That's really exciting!

Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola.

Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily.

Fact: The new '90210' is cooler than the old '90210.' It's the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series' venerable Barbie. Gone are the traditional parents - they've been replaced by a hipster mom n' pop who get busted necking in the car.

The Rolling Stones are so versatile, they're like the band version of that Infinite Dress they sell on QVC.

When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.

Juno MacGuff: [yelling through the house] Dad? Mac MacGuff: What? Juno MacGuff: Either I just peed my pants or um... Mac MacGuff: *Or*...? Juno MacGuff: THUNDERCATS ARE GO!

After you fail, which I have, you can either choose to crumble and retreat and become nonfunctional, which I've seen happen, or you can just become a lone wolf, forget about the cool kids and just continue to do your own thing.

The funny thing was that the sisters were hardly nubile, creamy-skinned Lolitas blushing on the bough. In fact, one of them looked like she'd beaten herself with a tire iron during a smallpox-induced hallucination, and the other looked like a close-up photo of a wolf spider.

World Wide Waste of Time (specifically

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people.

I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.